Qu'est-ce qu'il aime faire ？

A、chez

B、à

C、au

D、--

I am always excited to see Fair Trade options available and () in some unlikely places. Sometimes unknown companies talk about Fair Trade issues, find a great product that they want to sell in their stores, and that's a fair trade product.

自由放任(1aissez-faire)

Budget for Amusement

Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, Magic Mountain, the State Fair, amusement parks ... All of these are great family destinations, yet the cost of the admission ticket alone can put a severe crimp in the family budget. Once at the park children are so tempted by the wide array of food and gift choices that a day intended for family fun can sometimes turn into an unpleasant nag fest. While it is a parent's job to say "no" at appropriate times, saying no during a special day intended for family togetherness can definitely diminish the fun for both adult and child.

When our children were in early elementary school we came up with a plan that took the "yes" and "no" spending decision out of our hands, and placed it into theirs.

We were off to Disneyland, and during previous visits our son would badger us for a treat each time we passed a vendor, or nagged us to buy souvenirs from the various shops. Before going to the amusement park we told our children how much we could afford to spend for the day. We then explained that we would be giving them each their share of the money, and it would be totally their decision how to spend it.The money would cover any of the day's food, beverages or souvenirs. If they wanted to spend the entire amount on frozen bananas, that was their choice.

To avoid the possibility of our children losing their money, we placed their funds in separate envelopes, and I offered to keep it for them. Whenever they wanted to buy something, they just needed to ask for the money.

It was interesting how differently our two children budgeted their portion. Our daughter, three years younger than her brother, was barely old enough to add, breezed through the day. At lunchtime she allotted money for her food and beverage, and managed to buy a snack and souvenirs. Our son, who usually found something he had to have at every comer, turned into a nervous miser. At lunchtime he wouldn't even splurge for a soda, and when he saw something he wanted to buy, he studied it until he decided he didn't need it.

By the end of the day our daughter had spent her share, and seemed quite pleased with the choices she'd made. Our son, who had spent very little, was suddenly frantic to buy something (anything) with his remaining cash. I felt a little sorry for him, because while my wife and I had an enjoyable day, free from the responsibility of monitoring our children's spending, his day was spent dealing with the consequences of his choices.

The author is concerned about ______

A．the fun for amusement

B．the spending responsibility

C．the great family destinations

D．the cost of the admission ticket

听力原文：M: Hello, Mary. I was hoping to speak to Helen.

W: Sorry, Helen's away on business. Can I help?

M: Yes, Mary, I think you probably can. I'm afraid I've got some rather bad news.

W: Oh?

M: It's the trip over for Electronica.

W: Uh-huh?

M: Yes, I'm afraid we've had a bit of an internal reorganization here and we'll be sending a much smaller team.

W: You will still be having the same booth at the fair, won't you?

M: I'm afraid not. There'll be just Brine and myself so we won't be able to manage such a large booth.

W: Well, I can't promise that they're going to have any smaller booths available at this late date ...

M: Yes, I realize that. But could you see what you could do? You know, Mary, you've done a terrific job so far.

W: We've certainly put a lot of work into it. I hope this doesn't mean you're canceling the reception at Caesar's Restaurant?

M: Not canceling it, but I think we'll have to reduce the scale a bit.

W: The problem is that all the arrangements have all been made and confirmed. We've already given a deposit for the food and wine. I don't know ... this may be difficult to change ...

M: Yes, I know, I'm sorry, but these things happen. I think I'd better talk to Helen.

W: Yes, I think you should.

(20)

A．He wants to cancel the reception at Caesar's Restaurant.

B．He wants to tell the woman some bad news.

C．He wants to have a smaller booth at the fair.

D．He wants to talk to Helen about his trip over for Electronica.

Under pressure from animal welfare groups, two national science teachers associations have adopted guidelines that ban classroom experiments harming animals. The National Association of Biology Teachers and the National Science Teachers Association hope to end animal abuse in elementary and secondary schools and, in turn, discourage students from mishandling animals in home experiments and science fair projects.

Animal welfare groups are apparently most concerned with high school students experimenting with animals in extracurricular projects. Barbara Orlans, President of the Scientists' Center for Animal Welfare, said that students have been performing surgery at random, testing known poisonous substances, and running other pathology experiments on animals without even knowing normal physiology.

At one science fair, a student cut off the leg and tail of a lizard to demonstrate that only the tail can regenerate, she said. In another case, a student bound sparrows, starved them and observed their behavior.

"The amount of abuse has been quite horrifying", Orlans said.

Administrators of major science fairs are short-tempered over the teachers' policy change and the impression it has created. "The teachers were sold a bill of goods by Barbara Orlans", said Thurman Grafton, who heads the rules committee for the International Science and Engineering Fair. "Backyard tabletop surgery is just nonsense. The new policies throw cold water on students' inquisitiveness", he said.

Grafton said he wouldn't deny that there hasn't been animal abuse among projects at the international fair, but he added that judges reject contestants who have unnecessarily injured animals. The judges have a hard time monitoring local and regional fairs that may or may not choose to comply with the international fair's rules that stress proper care of animals, Grafton said.

He said that several years ago, the Westinghouse Science Talent Search banned harmful experiments to animals when sponsors threatened to cancel their support after animal welfare groups lobbied for change.

The teachers adopted the new policies also to fend off proposed legislation—in states including Missouri and New York—that would restrict or prohibit experiments on animals.

Officials of the two teachers organizations say that they don't know how many animals have been abused in the classroom. On the one hand, many biology teachers are not trained in the proper care of animals, said Wayne Moyer, executive director of the biology teachers' association. On the other, the use of animals in experiments has dropped in recent years because of school budget cuts. The association may set up seminars to teach better animal care to its members.

Notes:

pathology 病理学。lizard 蜥蜴。tabletop 桌面。short-tempered 脾气急躁的。lobby for 游说支持。fend off 躲开。

The title which best expresses the content of the text is _____.

A．Science Teachers to Ban Testing Harmful to Animals.

B．Teachers' Policy Change in Experiment on Animals.

C．The New Policies of Banning Harmful Experiments to Animals.

D．The Importance of Prohibiting Harmful Experiments on Animals.

Under pressure from animal welfare groups, two national science teachers associations have adopted guidelines that ban classroom experiments harming animals. The National Association of Biology Teachers and the National Science Teachers Association hope to end animal abuse in elementary and secondary schools and, in turn, discourage students from mishandling animals in home experiments and science fair projects.

Animal welfare groups are apparently most concerned with high school students experimenting with animals in extracurricular projects. Barbara Orlans, President of the Scientists' Center for Animal Welfare, said that students have been performing surgery at random, testing known poisonous substances, and running other pathology experiments on animals without even knowing normal physiology.

At one science fair, a student cut off the leg and tail of a lizard to demonstrate that only the tail can regenerate, she said. In another case, a student bound sparrows, starved them and observed their behavior.

"The amount of abuse has been quite horrifying," Orlans said.

Administrators of major science fairs are short-tempered over the teachers' policy change and the impression it has created. "The teachers were sold a bill of goods by Barbara Orlans," said Thurman Grafton, who heads the rules committee for the International Science and Engineering Fair. "Backyard tabletop surgery is just nonsense. The new policies throw cold water on students' inquisitiveness," he said.

Grafton said he wouldn't deny that there hasn't been animal abuse among projects at the international fair, but he added that judges reject contestants who have unnecessarily injured animals. The judges have a hard time monitoring local and regional fairs that may or may not choose to comply with the international fair's rules that stress proper care of animals, Grafton said.

He said that several years ago, the Westinghouse Science Talent Search banned harmful experiments to animals when sponsors threatened to cancel their support after animal welfare groups lobbied for change.

The teachers adopted the new policies also to fend off proposed legislation—in states including Missouri and New York—that would restrict or prohibit experiments on animals.

Officials of the two teachers' organizations say that they don't know how many animals have been abused in the classroom. On the one hand, many biology teachers are not trained in the proper care of animals, said Wayne Moyer, executive director of the biology teachers' association. On the other, the use of animals in experiments has dropped in recent years because of school budget cuts. The association may set up seminars to teach better animal care to its members.

Notes:

pathology 病理学

lizard 蜥蜴

tabletop 桌面

short-tempered 脾气

lobby for 游说支持

fend off 躲开

The title which best expresses the content of the text is

A．Science Teachers to Ban Testing Harmful to Animals.

B．Teachers' Policy Change in Experiment on Animals.

C．The New Policies of Banning Harmful Experiments to Animals.

D．The Importance of Prohibiting Harmful Experiments on Animals.

To: Tony Jockson

From: Human Resources

Date: July 14, 2009

Subject: Company Box: Seats Available

Dear Mr. Jackson,

Can you tell your crew that several of our major customers; Stormgard Ltd, Unicorn Farming Inc. etc. have had to cancel their visits to Great Britain at the last minute due to pressing financial matters. Therefore, this leaves us with several empty seats for this weekend's football match. Whoever would like to see this International Friendly between the German Professional teams should call Star-mail Personnel as soon as possible. To be fair it's first come first serve and no more than four tickets to any one person.

Yours Truly

Human Resources

Who can get free tickets?

A．People who know Mr. Jackson

B．Employees who speak German

C．Employees from Tony's company

D．Football fans